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The London Merchant and Drury Lane Theatre Notices
A dated broadside advertises a July 2 performance by His Majesty's Company of Comedians at Drury Lane featuring The London Merchant and The Jovial Crew ballad opera with Prologue by Cibber and Epilogue by Mrs. Cibber, plus further notices of forthcoming plays, ballads, and public auctions. It lists actors, pricing, and ticket outlets, and requests return of a lost personal item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
His Majesty's Company of Comedians
Theatre Royal
Drury-lane
George Barnwell
Thorowgood
Mr. Bridgwater
Barnwell
Mr. Roberts
Cibber
Jun. Trueman
Wm. Mills
Blunt
R Wetherile
Maria
Millwood
Butler
Lucy
Charke
Mr. Cibber
Mrs. Cibber
Felé
Haymarket
To-morow
Mortimer
Mountfort
Epwakop III
N. B
Mr. Fribourg